Skamp's first gig of 2011 helps raise £8000 for charity

Well thanks to Lucy and Steph for organising the charity ball in aid of Gloucestershire County Association for the Blind, which at last count raised about £8K which is brilliant. We're always happy to help a good cause. One of the highlights was meeting the onsite photographer, and so Skamp took the opportunity to get some well needed publicity shots - can't wait to see them.

Skamp secure new wedding function booking

Having just about recovered from Christmas, Skamp are back and looking forward to 2011. We have had a bit of a break but managed to learn 3 news songs. It was also great to meet Chris and Kim (see pic) this week and we look forward to playing at their wedding in September.

Skamp secure new Monmouth booking

We're still getting some interest for next year even though it's nearly Christmas. Thanks to David for booking us for his wedding party in April. We've also been busy learning some new tracks and we hope to do some recording over the Winter months, which is always great fun. Anyway, have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year from Skamp.

Skamp's very own Adam 'Ant' Watts goes 40

Skamp as you've never seen them before



Not 1, not 2, not 3 BUT 4 Freddys

On Saturday night in a small village hall in Overbury, Gloucestershire, people from far and wide came to celebrate Adam's 40th birthday. The theme was 70s/80s rock icons. Would you believe it! Having spent hours choosing my Freddy Mercury costume, Rob the singer turned up with exactly the same outfit. Not only that, but Skamp's old drummer arrived... you guessed it! AND there was another chap who went one step further and plumped for the leotard Freddy outfit. What a crazy night.

Skamp cleanup their act!

Last week enough was enough. Having struggled to organize our band lockup successfully, we finally pulled out everything from the garage, threw the rubbish away and neatly put everything back so we could get easy access. See here the results.

SKAMPs first afternoon wedding gig!

SKAMPs first afternoon wedding gig! Great party for the happ... on Twitpic

Well we did our first ever afternoon wedding gig in Painswick - what fun. Katherine and Jayne looked gorgeous and so did their house and gardens. It took until our second set to get the party goers up on the dance floor, but they made up for it by doing some crazy dancing. The weather was warm and sunny, the food and cakes were good - what's not to like. All the best guys for the future.

Gloucestershire Party Band Skamp at Sudeley Castle

Clare and Steve got married at Sudeley Castle near Winchcombe over the weekend and were blessed with some nice weather. We had to sneak around the back of the marquee so we didn't disturb the guests which was fun. We faced the bar area that looked like something from Buck Rogers as it glowed different colours throughout the evening. Skamp rocked. The guests got drunk and danced all night. Result.